RUral. ODDS AND ENDS.. All walth cim es fruotthe soil. It wcjlres fruom 22 to 21 lb of milkh,'ocore. ing to quality to make one pound of butter.' A cow that yields from 8 to 12 Ibs of butter per week during the easeon is considered a gool one for dairy pnrpo.es. M[r. 3. Chevalters M)orton, the well-known Engtlih authority; states that well-chosen ecows will give from 2 cmt. to 2" cwt. of butter each per annum on al average. In the average coloniral dairy the yield per cow can hanlly be estimated higher than 1/ cwt. per year. u Buttermilk; when mole from fresh cream, Is highly nitritlous and iwholesome. 'It lh recom. mended by many melicalauthorities in diabetes, rickets anl nrmerbru stomach disonrers. . January Is the bet month as a rule for sap ringing. - For barkdrlgingi,however, September iL the most effective time. Thefdrtmer male of destitroylg treed i adopted when the de?I tim ber Lu to be soon 'cleared awu?, bult for plnstnre land bark-rihning rhould" be ortopted as the brrno...

The ( ?iner;.. MINERS' DEADLY' FOES. Theh'ijrltnio of :i Airicr fi the icrst pe: tou. that fnili?'ti the lot of man. On ever7 aide he is eurroutided'hy uitLeen enemies, who endeavor to snethe bprinegs of life.' The iure air of ie:4rn&amp;i l toi a grh:iter or les extenet, ;wanting hi the gloomy depths of most mines; and poieonousa or explosive gaed 'are generated, to the nlow or swift destruction of life." In ordiuarylivorkings forr coal,, gold, or other minerals, we may expect to find the following destrioctive agencies:-Carbonic acidi, light curbnretted hydrogen (or fire dulmp), crbonic oxide and its Iproducta, sulphuretted hydrogen, the gmoeous ani oolit subltances produced by the coulbultion of, poiter, etc.; vypours of dust like thoili of mercury and ur.enie, romn? times witliont a'speeially.poisonoo s action like the dart of nmost.other tlneralnl, but always more orlees hurtful air saturatel with watery vatpour tint oen'ittnilg little oxygen ; aid ilatly min?smlnt, wsiich,...

,IRRIGATION. COMMISSION. Ax iiiterstinR(conference of iriigatimisnts :i being.got together by. the Minister of 'WnterSaiply and wvill hold their sittings in Melbourno in :Maroh .next. irrigation has now been persued in the colony for ,several years, and Mr:..Donkin considers it is time someothing was heard of. its practical roeallt here. ..H has aconrdingly invited .lcading irrigationists to road' papers dealing with their own experience -and tnaching on the most approved .methods?of applying twater to different soils and crOps, the variuano productals and htheir.treat ment, and resudirt obtained locally by means of irrigatiion. Thero is no doubt voe have now advanced msliciently in the ,praotice.of irrigationeto be able toudatnp' .a little light for ourselos .for our own guidance instead of being dilpenpent on ,other' countries for illustrations and ,nstructioua.

`CuHTRGE AGAIN\ST 1MR DALY. Thecasne of MJr. Daly, Polico Maigistrite for Gippsland, is.heingdeoalt with llyb the IPublic Service Board. Mr. Daly "aes sus pended rfrofm his duties on the bench by the Minis:er' of J.lsticeo'n :ccolint - of certain decrepancies being found in the .roturnls of monthly3 tnivollinrg oxpnsese M[r. Daly has behoon acquainted by thie Public Servico. Board of thIe niatlure oft tlr clhnrgi brought against hinl and on receipt of this reply, if not delemed satisfactory, an inquiry into ltheaffair will beu'ndeitaken by the Conmniesioners:: .'' SAgriculturist ?t?' b to Mr. Dowv to :night. Thae slip Glenrosaentrandod near 'Cape Batks (S.A.),'is nov rnedliored in ?ift. of; imid. The tug ''Yitala 'towed at' tmhe dtranded ship all Tuesday riiglt, but with= out avail. The tug A'rllailoe left Tort Adtidlutdo to got to her assistanco.

A Tale of fix Cities. English Capitalists'-have bought H. H. Warner's+ Business. FOR 5 MILLION DOLLARS Plants in Rochester, London, Toronto, Prague, Frankfort, and Melbourne, Sold. The Business to be Carried on by a Limited.. Company. Frrom the Democrat and Chronicle, R'ochcster, ATov. 2o, 1889. .'early three months ago the DE?IO CirT AND CHRONICLEr was able to give its renders most of the 'details of a most important business transaction, probably the heavniet, as regirds the amount of cash chaining hands, in which any business house in this city was ever initerested. This was file Bale of the great business.of II. 1.-I"irnitr &amp; Co. for 5,00(1,001 dols. ot until yesterday was the sale finally completed, ritd there is little.to add to, and - nothing to correct in, the statement published in these columns three monthls ago.' Early in the suniner, propositions were' made Mr. Warner for the purchase of his business. egotitiations ensued r which resulted in a visit to Rlochester...

miscellaneous. SWhen the" Duke. of -York, "durin= the \W'dlere Expel edtiei, , had to retreat hboio'otlh-r Fr?cli, Sheridai-g.tv~'3 s I "tonst "The Duke of York and his brave followers." At some..countrv house where a druinatic piece founded on "Ivanhoe" w.s to jte1pere termed, Lord Alvanle)" was reqiusted' d tplay the p:art of Isaae of Iork, hie declined, saying, "I never coadl do a Jew is oty life."' SLove i more pleasant than marriage for the same reatson that rommances are more anusing than history. Sir Boyle Roche, in spite of his unenviable relptatioa, was capable of somtithing better than mere Irish bells. One day owhoe Curr declared that the was quite capable of acting as the guardian of his owu hotteor," Sir IBoyle said, "Ildeled, I always thought that tihe hoior able membuler wa an enemy to sinecures." ". TRttlttth.-Lv I.AT. I recollect a nurse called Atnnt, - o cail rried me about the gcnte, And onl sine dav a line sounh g Iliani SCncam upiti sl kiised the piretty i-as. '...

SOME TESTIMONIES. Appended are a few out of many testimonials received, having reference to the abo4e medicines; 'showing-that they do as represented with regard to each - Warner's Safe' Cure. . Specifically adapted for Kidney and Liver troubles, and more particularly the dread fiend known as Bright's Disease of the Kidnoys;wlvth its endrlss train of collateral symptons. Charters Towers, Queensland, ., September 24, 1880. For .the :past ten .years or -so I h.ve suffered from obstruction of bile and chronic disease of the liver and heart. 1 was much aftlicted with dyspepsia and ffatuleney, so that after meals, instead of the self.satisfi.d feeling of healtl, I. suf fered from distention of the stomach and other ailments incid-nt to impaired digens tion. For'these complications I took• a 'number of medicines without deriving a.-y benefit.' Six months ago I first heard 'of theomerits of -'..WVarner's Safe Cure." After the use of three bott!cs I found.: my thealth very much irproved. I ...

Good Stories. DUBLIN CARMEN. FnwIt tonttn:a' RECOLLEOLTO\m . [Frank Thorpe T'orter dras, fromt 1841 to lit : well-known nlagistrate of the heal-odice of the Dublin police. All the lncidelits m'entionel in his recollection- are strictly trute, they" having come lundlr Ili notice in hit na:lgiterial capacity. The rule wit of Dublin carmen in almost lroverlbil.] Many of my readers are ateare that the Richnnmnl Itridewell, which i, now the coulluon gaol of the City of Dublinn, is situnted near' lHaroldhl Crtes; and that on its front t. il-. seritel, " Ceo-nae to il. ?il.Letrit to iro well.. A clritan onatnel Doyle, who linal itt Ilack. rock, wasn ?stnlnunerl tiefore me on chorge~ts of violent collnuct, ahbl?eve langua:ge, and tert. tion. lIe was a man of very gool character, . and the comiplitnant wasl a persn of the worst repultatioil, whll hadl Ien coleictetl of several tniidenlrntllott of a very tl[graceful Iltlure. Frau tl. and fanlehoodse"were nattritlttetl to hii?.n a' tithitual a...

Fireside. HEALTH RULES. D '- AD SIELLS AND YAPOUJiS. There cannot he health where there is dirt hI the hoLue. Dirt and Diei?Le are constant coam panions, and cling closely together. All dirt it had, but decaying dirt is worst. Burn daily, or remove out of the way, all vuch half detmed things a+ fish boue, potato llarings, and eai lage leaven. ?ui smnells bring sicnesse when they come from rottinag snthtances. They nearly nlways dependl on hurtfnl vapours esca plug frome putrefying dirt. Follow up ainy.ihad smell in the houne until yo finit out where it comes fronm. Look well to all sinks, drains and sewers, to see that they are not chokel by decaying matter which ca:tnot get awtay, and clear them frequently by throwing downi lenty of water. See that the water trapia are never liftel off the tops of Nink-pilpe, lcinuse they are pitt there to keep dangerouL valaars from coming up from the oewers into the heoite. Let no dirty puddlea, inor dirt lheaplia, nor, pig tubs remoain ne:r the ...

Items. The talle.t tree in the world it a guns on '3t. lIal Barwi Vicutria, which attain tooa height of 477 fect.. This dwarfs the giaut trees of California, alhoott which there h:. been so much boasting. The highestof the-.e which is ootrwtanding it the Sfa.s·achuseots," which reaches an elevation of 0010 feet. There is toe fallet mo.nster, howr. Sver, in Calavera;s ioore, c iled " The Fa;ther of the Forest," whic, :whent .tanding, measured 430 feet in height and. o i feet i' circum. fero-e.t The I.o coiirt, of l]renel.s are the fOinet it the world. They vmtre erecte nt ta c,.t of over £1000 000. In S t Loakle Ctto the Morotoou T. aracle i ci.tbie of lioldintg 12,100 people.. Ont the ritinr3 Ibetween heLrenltetdo aid San Frtuiisco, theo.Sol no" poo til, whichi coiteys illtay tiirtit acrcos an ttintent of tihe ty, is tihe lanrest in the hortrl Itcan carryfotrlo co moitties, 'and oixt-.en llrge carriages at once. Neapolitian I 'otutrers do not . r, e obont "roughrig it." P.'lintereri...